Falcon 1 to launch tonight

Fairly short notice from SpaceX, as usual:
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/005/status.html

Pat

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...
Fairly short notice from SpaceX, as usual:
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/005/status.html

Pat

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...
Fairly short notice from SpaceX, as usual:
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/005/status.html

Pat


I'm on their mailing list and haven't heard a thing. This
(http://www.spacex.com/launch_updates.php) explains the situation.

Falcon 1: RazakSAT Launch Webcast...
http://spacex.com/webcast.php
.....will begin at 3:40pm PDT.

Pat Flannery wrote:

Fairly short notice from SpaceX, as usual:
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon/005/status.html

Pat

Alan Erskine wrote:
I'm on their mailing list and haven't heard a thing. This
(http://www.spacex.com/launch_updates.php) explains the situation.


Nothing new at the mission status center yet either.

Pat

Craig wrote:
Falcon 1: RazakSAT Launch Webcast...
http://spacex.com/webcast.php
....will begin at 3:40pm PDT.


Launch now targeted for 10:30 PM EDT:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon/005/status.html
Weather over at their launch site seems fairly good at least.
Did the Shuttle tower get hit with lightning again today?

Pat

OM wrote:

....Elon's new slogan:

"Space-X: Keeping the spirit of Vanguard alive!"

Not this time, it worked like a charm.

Pat

OM wrote:
....That it did. The next thing they need to do is to negotiate with
other ground tracking sites so they can keep the onboard camera feeds
running a bit longer. Would have been nice to see the satellite
deployment on this one, as it would have been a perfect coda to what
appears to be a perfect mission.

Even if that satellite's just up there to provide Malaysia with all
the pr0n they can eat...:-P

It would be interesting to know if they've made any progress on
recovering the first stage for re-use, or if they've dumped the concept
in favor of increased payload capability.

Pat